“It’s a kind of happiness that I didn’t get to taste back when I was at the research lab.” [Tony]
“It can’t be helped though, after all, the slime research lab back then was a place with no future and reeked of despair.” [Robelia]
“Despair, huh?” [Ryouma]
“Boss, you might think it’s too much, but that’s because you haven’t seen the misery of the researchers that have been made to work at the slime research lab. Although slime researchers have a somewhat better lifestyle than those from the slimes, they’re treated worse than slaves.” [Caulkins]
“Really!?” [Ryouma]
Seriously!? It’s a research lab, so I thought they would at least… No, that’s wrong. There are definitely places that treat people cruelly. Even in my previous world that had the labor standards act, there were still companies that abused their employees. It’s because of companies like those that the term ‘slave’ became widespread.
“When it’s been decided that a researcher will be sent to slime research, half the time the researchers will instead choose to retire and leave.” [Caulkins]
“Slime research has become a place where people are sent to in order to be driven out of the company. So it’s only a given that the treatment would be poor. Even the master of a slave would have some sort of duty to ensure that their slaves would be able to live to some extent, but slime researchers are just paid their salaries without any assurance on how they will be living.” [Robelia]
“And while it’s true that you’ll get paid, it’s cheap, so it’s not possible to live luxuriously. Moreover, they’ll cut your salary for the pettiest things, making your life a living hell.” [Tony]